By the end of September 2021, uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among adults with a recent experience of housing insecurity were 25 percent lower than the adult population of Ontario for a first dose, and 34 percent lower for a ...
Mar 10, 2022
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Aotearoa New Zealand has entered new COVID territory, characterized by high vaccination rates but also the rapid spread of the omicron variant and rising numbers of hospitalizations.
Mar 9, 2022
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A new paper in JNCI Cancer Spectrum, published by Oxford University Press, finds increases in both men and women for several HPV-related cancers in low-income counties or those with high smoking rates. Increases were slower ...
Mar 3, 2022
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More than 100,000 people have died from COVID-19 in Spain, health ministry figures showed on Wednesday as the country emerged from a sixth wave of the pandemic.
Mar 2, 2022
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Maintaining social distancing policies as vaccines are being rolled out may prevent the evolution of vaccine-resistant strains of SARS-CoV-2, suggests a mathematical biology study published in Nature Human Behaviour.
Feb 25, 2022
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A study examining two indoor events in Newcastle, New South Wales at the start of the omicron outbreak has emphasized the importance of public health and social measures in addition to boosters to maximize protection from ...
Feb 24, 2022
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In March 2020, the United Kingdom instituted a national lockdown, mandating that people only leave their home for a limited number of reasons. These public health measures led to significant changes in healthcare-seeking ...
Feb 22, 2022
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The number of new coronavirus cases globally fell by 19% in the last week while the number of deaths remained stable, according to the World Health Organization.
Feb 16, 2022
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The head of the World Health Organization's Europe office said Tuesday that health officials are turning their attention to growing rates of COVID-19 infection in Eastern Europe, where six countries—including Russia and ...
Feb 15, 2022
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Spaniards removed their facemasks or stuffed them into their pockets for the first time in nearly two months after the country's outdoor mask mandate was lifted Thursday. Italians face a similar treat Friday.
Feb 10, 2022
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